CVE-2019-11923

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Published Dec 4, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Mcrouter prior to v0.41.0, the deprecated ASCII parser would allocate a buffer to a user-specified length with no maximum length enforced, allowing for resource exhaustion or denial of service.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Facebook

Mcrouter

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.41.0`	affected	—
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.41.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:facebook:mcrouter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-3581	In Mcrouter prior to v0.41.0, the deprecated ASCII parser would allocate a buffer to a user-specified length with no maximum length enforced, allowing for resource exhaustion or denial of service.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.451% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/commit/98ce6624cd2563cfdb5da3b2949d5e1e03867034
https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/releases/tag/v0.41.0-release
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11923

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Facebook Mcrouter

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 11:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: facebook
Published: Dec 4, 2019, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved: May 13, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 4, 2019, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM

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